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Memories are strange things. You rarely recall bad times only the good seem to be triggered by the senses. When we look back
to 70's what do we remember? The powercuts? Three day weeks? The strikes? I dont think so. Whats most likely the first things
that spring to mind
Memories are strange things. You rarely recall bad times only the good seem to be triggered by the senses. When we look back
to 70's what do we remember? The powercuts? Three day weeks? The strikes? I dont think so. Whats most likely the first things
that spring to mind are:
70's Toys Pet Rocks, Crossfire, Battling Tops, Choppers, Slinky's, Klackers, Spirographs and not forgetting the great
Spacehopper.
70's TV - Starsky and Hutch, H R Puff n stuff, Persuaders, Timeslip, Tomorrow People, Wombles, Upstairs Downstairs and
of course my favourite Catweazle
70's Music - Top of the Pops, Glam Rock, Disco and Punk , Sailor, Sweet, Wizzard and Slade.
The release of the film and soundtrack of Saturday Night Fever in December of 1977, which became one of the best-selling soundtracks
of all time, turned disco into a mainstream music genre. This in turn led many non-disco artists to record disco songs at
the height of its popularity, most often due to demand from record companies who needed a surefire hit. Many of these songs
were not "pure" disco, but were instead rock or pop songs with disco overtones. Notable examples include Helen Reddys
"I Can't Hear You No More" (1976); Marvin Gayes "Got to Give It Up" (1977); Barry Manilows "Copacabana
(At The Copa)" (1978); Chaka Khans "I'm Every Woman" (1978); The Rolling Stones's Miss You (1978); Wings; "Silly
Love Songs" (1976) and "Goodnight Tonight" (1979); Barbra Streisand & Donna Summer duet "No More Tears
(Enough Is Enough)" (1979); Kiss "I Was Made for Lovin' You" (1979); Electric Light Orchestras "Last Train
to London" and "Shine a Little Love" (1979); and Michael Jacksons "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough,"
"Rock With You," and "Off the Wall" (1979),SOS Band "Take Your Time"(1980),Prince "I Wanna
Be Your Lover"(1980)Lipps Inc Funkytown(1980)The Spinners "Working My Way Back To You"(1980) Shalamar "The
Second Time Around" (1980) Diana Ross "Upside Down" (1980)
"The Lost 45s with Barry Scott" is America's Largest Music & Interview Library!
1970s Flashback is the place to get re-connected with all the Great things from the 70s
Remember Shazam!, Isis, Land of the Lost, Electra Woman and Dyna Girl or Ark II? If so, this is the page for you. My goal
is for this to be a comprehensive site that covers all of the various live action kids shows from the 70s and provides links
for related shows.
Welcome to the Super70s family of websites: There is Super70s.com, which covers the 1970s. There is Awesome80s.com, which
covers the 1980s. And there is Virtual90s.com, which will cover the 1990s starting in late summer of 2008. The fourth site
is BaseballChronology which covers the history of baseball from the 1840s to the present. Do you see the set of colored boxes
on the right labeled 70s, 80s, 90s, and BC? These are at the top of every page and allow you to quickly switch between all
four sites!
It was 5.30pm on Sunday 15th February 1970 when Catweazle dropped in from 1066 with the very first episode 'The Sun In A Bottle'.
Two years of sheer magic followed, but he waved us goodbye on Sunday 4th April 1972 in Episode 26, 'The Thirteenth Sign'.
That was the last we saw of him on UK television, apart from the repeats on Sky Television! he was gone but not forgotten............
The seventies were a time when a new generation of youthful people were exposed to new media and hence newer ideas in almost
every field. TV and motion picture brought to varied audiences images, lifestyles and music from diverse regions and peoples.
This led to the emergence of a new vocabulary and experimentation in music. After the war the second generation of German
musicians began experimenting with music, these included experimental classical music and the tradition of Krautrock or Kraut
music, rooted in the experimental classical music. This later influenced both art rock and progressive rock as well as the
punk rock and New Wave genres. The main exponents of progressive rock include Genesis, Yes, Gentle Giant, King Crimson, Jethro
Tull, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Pink Floyd and Premiata Forneria Marconi. The experimental nature of progressive rock is
exemplified in compositions such as "Close to the Edge" by Yes, or "Supper's Ready" by Genesis. Also the
start of Hard Rock in many forms began with the British bands Deep Purple, Uriah Heep, Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath.
One of the first events of the 70s was the breakup of the Beatles in 1970. However, the seventies were also when many
legendary rock bands started, or hit their peak, including ABBA, Black Sabbath, Queen, Kansas, Boston, Led Zeppelin, Pink
Floyd, Jethro Tull, Electric Light Orchestra, Lynyrd Skynyrd, AC/DC, Blondie, Sex Pistols, The Ramones, Fleetwood Mac, Status
Quo, Family, Free, Aerosmith, Badfinger, the Eagles, Kiss, Heart, Rush, The Who, The Doors, Uriah Heep, Deep Purple, and Van
Halen. In Europe, there was a surge of popularity in the early decade for glam rock, thanks largely to the rise of T. Rex,
Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel, Gary Glitter and David Bowie, and bands like Slade and the Sweet.
Village People were a concept disco group formed in the late 1970s. The group is well known for their on-stage costumes as
for their catchy tunes and suggestive lyrics. Original members were: police officer (Victor Willis), American Indian chief
(Felipe Rose), cowboy (Randy Jones), construction worker (David Hodo), leatherman (Glenn Hughes) and military man (Alex Briley).
For the release of "In the Navy", both Willis and Briley appeared temporarily as sailors. The band was incredibly
camp, and were seen as a less serious band due to their open gayness, bringing gay pride around the world.
Village People scored a number of disco and dance hits, including their trademark "Macho Man", "Go West",
the classic club medley of "San Francisco (You've Got Me) / In Hollywood (Everybody is a Star)", "In the Navy",
"Can't Stop the Music", "Sex Over the Phone" and their biggest hit, "Y.M.C.A.".
Collectively, the Village People have sold 85 million albums and singles. The group also recorded new materials under
the name "The Amazing Veepers".
"The King of Rock 'n' Roll", or simply "The King".
Presley began his career as one of the first performers of rockabilly, an uptempo fusion of country and rhythm and blues
with a strong back beat. His novel versions of existing songs, mixing "black" and "white" sounds, made
him popularand controversial as did his uninhibited stage and television performances. He recorded songs in the rock and roll
genre, with tracks like "Hound Dog" and "Jailhouse Rock" later embodying the style. Presley had a versatile
voice and had unusually wide success encompassing other genres, including gospel, blues, ballads and pop. To date, he is the
only performer to have been inducted into four music halls of fame.
In the 1960s, Presley made the majority of his thirty-three movies mainly poorly reviewed musicals. In 1968, he returned
to live music in a television special and thereafter performed across the U.S., notably in Las Vegas. Throughout his career,
he set records for concert attendance, television ratings and recordings sales. He is one of the best-selling and most influential
artists in the history of popular music. Health problems plagued Presley in later life which, coupled with a punishing tour
schedule and addiction to prescription medication, led to his premature death at age 42.
In the 1970s, music from the United Kingdom further diversified. Heavy metal music grew into glam metal in the United States,
and other American metal bands like Blue Öyster Cult, Aerosmith and KISS helped move the UK from the forefront of the metal
world. A late-1970s influx of British metal bands, the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, helped change this, especially bands
like Judas Priest. At the same time, disco grew to prominence world-wide and a brief fad for Jamaican lovers rock also sold
well in the UK. The mid- to late 1970s saw the rise of punk rock in the UK and US. Bands like The Clash and the Sex Pistols
became very controversial, attacking institutions and authorities and using a quick, simple rhythm alongside humorous, immature,
nihilist or thought-provoking lyrics.
The Site dedicated to 70s and 80s music, culture and old tat !
Music lovers ! If you're a pop music freak, or a lover of 70's & 80's culture, then you should find something to your
liking here.
This site includes lengthy, humorless reviews of 3263 records, with separate pages on 266 artists. They are mostly the fault
of John Alroy (JA) and David Bertrand Wilson (DBW). Jed Leigh Mosenfelder also contributed pages on the Meat Puppets and Sonic
Youth. Logo designed by Gridwerk Graphic Design - www.gridwerk.net - Philadelphia.
The rise of disco music, which first crept into dance clubs in the mid-seventies, was another major trend. Disco soon fell
out of favor in the early 1980s, however, due to a religious revival and the rise of conservatism. The first half of the 1970s
saw many jazz musicians from the Miles Davis school achieve cross-over success through jazz-rock fusion. In Germany, Manfred
Eicher started the ECM label, which quickly made a name for 'chamber jazz'. Towards the end of the decade, Jamaican reggae
music, already popular in the Caribbean and Africa since the early 1970s, became very popular in the U.S. and in Europe, mostly
because of reggae superstar and legend Bob Marley. The late '70s also saw the beginning of hip hop music with the song Rapper's
Delight by Sugarhill Gang. Country music remained very popular in the U.S. In 1977 it became more mainstream after Kenny Rogers
became a solo singer and scored many hits on both the country and pop charts.
Glam rock (also known as glitter rock), is a style of rock music, which initially surfaced in the post-hippie early 1970s.
Those who participated in the genre drew on several past youth cultures, musical styles, movie images and art movements to
produce a distinct sound and aesthetic which essentially combined science fiction, nostalgia, camp, theatre, and a hard rock
sound.
Largely a British phenomenon, glam rock peaked culturally during the period 1971-1974, and was made famous by artists
such as Marc Bolan and his band T.Rex, David Bowie, Queen, Roxy Music, Brian Eno, Slade, Gary Glitter, Sweet, Mott The Hoople,
Alvin Stardust, Mud, and The Glitter Band.
Barry Eugene White (born Barrence Eugene Carter, September 12, 1944(1944-09-12)July 4, 2003) was a Grammy Award winning American
record producer, songwriter and singer responsible for the creation of numerous hit soul and disco songs. He released numerous
gold and platinum albums, as well as numerous gold singles and platinum singles. All inclusive albums (record sales of White's
music with singles) are in excess of 50 million.
Barry White was founder and maestro of the Love Unlimited Orchestra, that featured a ground breaking synthesis of strings
and funk-based percussion. Barry White became legendary as a chart-topping soul artist for the rich blend of bass vocals and
suave, passionate delivery said to have been an inspiration for romance. Fans have boasted they conceived children or were
conceived themselves after romantic interludes to the sound of Barry White recordings.
